Birthday Socks

Sammie's Birthday Whirlwind week is over, and I was so grateful to have a whole weekend off - free from any kind of events, classes, parties, etc.  We just relaxed!  It was amazing.

Anyway, if you are a long time reader, you might remember that over Christmas I was knitting gifts for all my family members - socks to be exact.  Sadly, I didn't have time to finish Sammie's socks in time for Christmas, so I promised that she would get "Birthday socks".  She reminded me almost every day from Dec 26-early January about my promise, so I was sure to get them done and not disappoint!

Here are her fun socks.  I used a "magic" yarn that is self striping.  It was really fun yarn to work with, and I'm anxious to do another pair in a different colorway.  I can't remember the brand, but I picked this yarn up at JoAnne's and 1 skein (270 yards) was just perfect for a pair of kid socks (approx. size 1).  Mittens would also be cute in this yarn.

I was pretty proud about how close the pattens match between the two socks.  I had to restart the second one because I didn't line it up right the first time.

You can sort of see her smile through the blur in this picture.  :)

The flash got wonky in this pic, but I still think it turned out really cool.  :)

I'll try to post a few of the pairs of "Christmas Socks" tomorrow.